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Book Review: What the Hell Did I Just Read?

David Wong takes chaos and makes it relatable, in a dark and humorous way.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment October 28, 2017October 27, 2017 3 Minutes

Book Review: All the Crooked Saints

Maggie Stiefvater weaves metaphors like a spider weaves silk, and she filled this brief, slim novel to the brim with them. There are so many to examine, but I think I've picked out the main one...

S.G. Baker Book Reviews 7 Comments October 21, 2017October 20, 2017 3 Minutes

Pre-Ordered Books of 2017

I've waited all year to read both of these.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment October 12, 2017 1 Minute

Book Review: Un Lun Dun

The story itself mockingly dodged predictable hero's journey tropes, twisting around and jumping the curb every chance it got, as if to say, "you just thought you knew what was coming next."

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment October 7, 2017May 6, 2018 2 Minutes

Book Review: The Blood Mirror

A deft narration interwoven with a unique magic system, complex world building, cunning politics, interesting history, brilliant battles, intricate confrontations, and, best of all, puns.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment June 14, 2017May 6, 2018 2 Minutes

Book Review: The Dark Days Club

I cannot gush about The Dark Days Club enough. It's deliciously dark, a thrilling urban fantasy.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment April 16, 2017May 6, 2018 2 Minutes

Book Review: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

The narrative style is quick and punchy enough to keep me turning pages, the wit snaps, and the characters are quite lifelike. I'd definitely hang out with this bunch of goofballs and have a good time with them.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews 1 Comment March 28, 2017May 6, 2018 3 Minutes

Book Review: Crooked Kingdom

As a sequel to Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom hits the ground running, carrying the energy of the previous book by dropping its readers into the beginning of a new heist-in-progress, one that will determine the fate of our favorite bunch of gangsters.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews Leave a comment March 16, 2017May 6, 2018 3 Minutes

Book Review: Six of Crows

This story takes readers on an emotional roller coaster of bated breath, joyous highs, and gut twisting plunges. Quick, heart-pounding, witty, and never dull.

S.G. Baker Book Reviews 3 Comments March 7, 2017May 6, 2018 2 Minutes

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S.G. Baker is a writer and editor of fiction who penned the Hopeful Wanderer web series, forthcoming as a novel-in-stories. She has authored climate fiction, fantasy, and horror shorts in Freelancer, The Legacy, Little Blue Marble: Warmer Worlds, With Words We Weave: Hope, and Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 2. Her newest short story, “Well Being,” will be released in Beneath the Bluebonnets: Tales of Terror by Texas Women in 2026. Find out more at summergbaker.com!

Beneath the Bluebonnets Release Day Countdown!

Coming May 19, 2026, Beneath the Bluebonnets: Tales of Terror by Texas Women is the spiritual successor to the Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers anthology series. Chilling tales from Texas women shine a light on the terrors of womanhood and the power of womanhood in the face of evil.

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